bill: new study says 85% of network news stories on fort hood did not mention the word terrorism. bernie goldberg with analysis. >> some straight talk for some in the media. quit making things up. bill: are conservative women in america under attack by the liberal media? the culture warriors, including meghan mccain tonight will take a look at that hot topic. >> you can't even say why you settled? >> the confidential agreement and i'm not allowed to talk about that. >> so the agreement discusses. >> larry, you are being inappropriate. bill: a bizarre tv chat between larry king and carrie prejean. did you hear the question, carrie? bill: you have to see this honchts are you talking to? bill: i don't know. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. [captioning made possible by fox news channel]

captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thank you for watching under the circumstances tonight. why the media has not covered the for the hood massacre accurately. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a new study by the culture and media institute says the following. 8 a% of networks news stories on fort hood did not mention the word "terror." in fact in 48 reports, abc, cbs, and nbc referenced terrorism just seven times. only 29% of the evening news reports even mentioned major hasan was a muslim. unbelievable you. of those mentioned, 50% defended islam. and before the president's speech at fort hood, 93% of the network evening news stories ignored any discussion about a terror connection. but after the president said that extremist views were involved, all three networks

began to report a possible connection to terrorism. you can see that apparently the american media is still under the sway of the white house. and not accurately portraying things as they really are. in "time" magazine this week, editor at large nancy glib leads the coverage with the article entitled for the hood killer terrified or terrorist? ms. gibbs will be here momentarily. with all due respect, i don't care if he was terrified. i know he is a terrorist. the "time" article discusses the pressure of iraq and afghanistan. but you can't be blaming american foreign policy for the action of a terrorist whirl like hasan. it doesn't add up. same voice in hasan. charged in military court with 13 counts of premeditated murder. reports that hasan's supervisors at the walter reed hospital in washington reprimanded him for telling a patient quote islam can save your soul. dallas morning news is telling that hasan may have wired money to pakistan. that's still not confirmed.

what is confirmed is that hasan was involved with islamic terror elements. the media still does not want to acknowledge the truth. that's down right dangerous because people are dying all over the world. the victims of terrorism generated by fanatical muslims. it's time the american media wised up, got honest, and told the folks exactly the danger we all face. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. bring in fox news analyst bernie goldberg from miami who has been looking at how the network news has been following the for the hood story. the stats are pretty outrageous, are they not? >> yeah. absolutely. and the short answer as to why they are so outrageous is because to mention terrorism or to mention his religion violates their liberal sensibilities. look, bill, every rational person in the entire country knows that hasan shot up the place because he is a muslim terrorist. the only people, frankly, who don't know are monumentally and terminally dense.

the facts are overwhelming. and when he yelled allah ache bar before he opened fire, there is no doubt at that point, that's the war cry for islamic jihadist. but journalists, not all of them, but many journalists, way too many are willing to ignore the facts because the facts make them uncomfortable. they will lose what's left of their credibility of their integrity, of their honor. they will squander it for just one reason. because they don't want to offend muslims. if you're gonna sell your journalistic soul, you know what? do it for something more substantial than that. bill: ok. let's go back to 9/11. after the 9/11 attack i didn't hear a lot of people -- let me amend that phil done shoe -- donahue and i went on good morning america, police action, don't invade afghanistan, don't do this. don't do that i didn't hear a lot of the media back pedalling

away from al qaeda or muslim killers. i didn't hear that. did you? >> no. that's an important point. bill: right. they did it then. >> because, when that happened, it smacked everybody in the face. we didn't know what the heck happened. and we needed to know that but a few years later, bill. bill: wait. don't rush ahead. >> ok. bill: so right after the attack, i would say for a good year, the media reported it accurately. vicious al qaeda. they are in afghanistan. they did this terrible thing to us. we have got to get them. and the run-up to the iraq war, the media was pretty sympathetic to bush-cheney saying, look, these guys are going to deal with terrorists. they have got weapons of mass destruction. even the "new york times" -- people forget this, bernie, but the "new york times" drove that weapons of mass destruction story on page 1. they kept pounding iraq has it iraq has it. iraq has it. ok. and then bush got out and said we have got to go in and get saddam hussein because he is not letting the inspectors go in and

we can't take the chance. so, up until that point, the iraq invasion, the media in america were identifying the problem, telling the folks what was happening and, of course, it all blew up. i think that was turning point, bernie. i think iraq was the turning point. >> but there is also a difference in the minds of journalists between foreign muslims and american muslims. and a few years after 9/11, when the danish newspaper published those car -- cartoons depicts mohammed as a suicide bomber, in this country the "new york times" and the rest of the lame stream media steadfastly refused to show the cartoons. even though those cartoons touched off riots around the world. people set buildings on fire. people were killed. it would be nice journalistically if we knew why this was happening, if we could see the cartoons. they didn't do it and the "new york times" said in an editorial that it refused to show it

because it didn't want to offend the sensibilities of muslims. and you know what? here we go again. bill: i think what's happening is that liberal people in general -- i am generalizing now, feel sorry for the underdogs. ok? >> right. bill: if you are a minority, liberal americans are gonna stick up for you. >> right. bill: in america, muslims are a minority. they are the underdog. they are a group of people that because of the jihad, overseas, because of 9/11, are in a precarious position somewhat. so liberals are rallying to their defense. think that's the explanation of the media not reporting for the hood accurately. >> first of all, i'm not sure they are in precarious position because in a country of 300 million people if somebody attacked 2.5 muslims, that's not an outbreak of violence against muslims. i will make a suggestion to all my muslim friends out there.

you're good people. have you nothing to apologize for when one of your own does something like this. but you know what would help? a million muslim man march on washington. organized, take a million of you and say we will not let anybody do this in the name of our religion. i haven't seen this. i haven't seen that at all. anything like that. as a matter of fact. bill: i haven't seen it either. i think that would be smart to happen. after for the hood though, most, -- many, i should say, many muslim groups did speak out. they don't get a lot of media time. they don't get a lot of exposure, but they did. >> this is about journalism though. nobody. bill: bad journalism. >> nobody is blaming all muslims or most muslims or anything for what this guy did. but journalistically when they leave out his religion or leave out the word "terror" that's

journalistic malpractice. bill: and a note to brian williams with awe dual rr -- all due respect it was not a tragedy. it was a terrorist act. bill: nancy gibbs on the hasan debate. whether men

bill: continuing with lead story, "time" magazine spends a lot of time, pardon the pun, on latest edition of the fort hood deal and that includes editor at large nancy gibbs who writes quote: bill: ms. gibbs joins us now. do you think hasan was a terrorist? it was a terrorist act. >> i think based on everything we know so far absolutely. bill: ok. good. you are separating yourself from other media who are very hesitant to put that label on him. not us here. we haven't driven. this i want to put up abc news dition apr. abc found a business card from hasan. throw that up. on the business card it has soa. you see that you know what that stands for? soldier of allah. now, there is no doubt, ladies and gentlemen, no doubt that this guy was a jihadist and the army should have known it now, in your article, which is an

interesting article, you have four things i want to talk to you about. the first thing is this you write: bill: why would this guy continue to be in the army if he did that? do you have any idea? >> well, of the many questions that are going to be debated in the next few weeks, that is earn earn -- certainly one of them. why was someone who was getting poor performance reviews from his supervisors at water read none the less promoted. bill: soldier in allah and telling everybody in the wars are wrong, resign. second thing you point out is hasan may be the new terrorist template that fuses psychological damage with jihadist ideology. what you are saying, and i think you are right about this is the guy probably is a nut. he is driven by the jihad. you can't discount him being a terrorist because he is unbalanced. >> this is where i think the whole argument we have been

having is, you know, was it someone who snapped or was he a terrorist is. bill: he didn't snap. he planned this. >> that certainly, there is so much premeditation involved. he was charged with premeditated murder. the important thing is somehow these are mule actually exclusive when clearly we have all sorts of evidence from people who worked with him at walter reed who were debating whether he was psychotic. bill: yeah, the army let it go because he was a muslim, i think. all right. the last one i want to quote here is the fbi led washington area joint terrorism task force reviewed the transcripts, along with the task force representative at the pentagon's defense -- that's good reporting by "time" magazine. i didn't know that this is emails that he sent to al divide recruiter in yemen. they reviewed his personal file and agreed there was no need to investigation. that's hasan to have a major

emailing one of the big al qaeda recruiters and you don't investigate it? >> here was the answer to that about why it was they didn't pursue this further. this was not some jail house convert or some punk alienated kid on the street. this was a u.s. military officer. bill: with a bad jacket -- with a bad jacket. >> in that file, i don't think they found anything from his, you know, walter reed superiors. bill you have got to do the math, nancy to protect people. you know what i mean? he is emailing. bad guy. don't open an investigation? that's incompetence. did you see bernie and i? >> i did. bill: do you have any opinion on why the networks news stays a away from the terrorism label? why do they do that. >> bill, even that debate is much less important. bill: can't be less important. >> our whole definition of terrorism misleading us because this guy, who is much harder to catch if is he not corresponding with people, he is not part of at conspiracy, he is not part of a network that leaves a money

trail, how do you find him and stop him? now we are seeing all of these clues. bill: you find him and stop him by intercepting emails to a terrorist recruiter and investigate him. that's how you do it. they had the apparatus in place. they don't it. you are dodging the question with all due respect, nancy. look, in the american people can't get the truth about a massacre from the big three networks, we're in trouble. that's a big story. that's big. >> well, i think everything that we're seeing from people is that they are very clear that what this guy did was motivated. bill: not abc, cbs and nbc. you saw the study. they didn't mention he was a muslim. >> i don't know that -- well, you know, again. bill: i'm putting you on the spot but it should disturb you. it disturbs me. >> but i don't want to speak for the decisions that are being made at other news organizations. bill: let me do that. [ laughter ] >> you can do that. bill: bad decisions. but you have to be -- so do you,

ladies and gentlemen, we have a press in america that is supposed to be looking out for us that will not tell you the truth about a story of this magnitude. it's disturbing. that should be your next cover story. >> i take you as my assignment, bill. bill: all right. read nancy gibbs article in "time" magazine. lots of good information. thanks for coming in here. >> nice to see you. bill: directly ahead, the u.s. ambassador says we should not send more troops while the commander in the field there says we should. unbelievable. we'll have the latest. and then sarah palin, michele bachmann and other conservative women are really getting hammered by the liberal media culture warriors including

bill: impact segment tonight, still no decision from president obama over whether to send more troops to afghanistan as

requested. the mother of soldier killed in afghanistan is fed up. >> i pray for the leaders every day that they are guided to make good decisions. this is to the president of the united states. it is time, it is time to make a decision. bill: today we learn the u.s. ambassador to afghanistan doesn't want more troops. so chaos reigns. joining us now from washington former ambassador to the u.n. and author of the book the prosperity agenda. here in the k.t. mcfarland defense official in the reagan administration. you can debate policy. i sympathize because it is a very complicated situation. he doesn't want to get into another vietnam or even another iraq in the early stages. however, however, now you have abject chaos. the ambassador pitted against the top general in the field. these guys talk every day. >> sure. bill: one is saying we need them. the other guy is saying don't

send them. this is bad. >> it's not just. this remember, mcchrystal was the man that president obama picked because he fired the guy who was there before. bill: absolutely. >> now on our second commander. ambassador who is a former commander in afghanistan -- everybody has a different opinion. the thing i worry about is not so much what he is going to decide but, as you say, the process. but who else is watching this? the russians are watching the iranians are watching. north koreas. how about can we exploit this guy is weak. bill: you have 60,000 u.s. troops in the field. mcchrystal says he needs another 40 to provide security not only for the afghan people but for our own troops. we have troops there under pressure. mcchrystal says i need more to stabilize and tamp down the taliban violence and now the ambassador says don't send them. how do you process that? >> well, i'm sure president obama is wondering why he took this job in the first place. what you have here is a

president who is trying to avoid the mistakes that were made in iraq by rushing in without adequate civilian political program to fit the military side of it. what he needs to do is make sure that we have a political plan. we are not sure we even have a partner in karzai. so what you face is eight years into this war, we're now fighting the tough political battles that should have been, frankly fought six or seven years ago. that's what he is doing. bill: the karzai factor is disturbing but it doesn't have anything to do with protecting our own troops. i'm the president, right? i just heard a gasp all across the united states please, no. all right. i'm the president. here is what i do. you tell me why i'm wrong. i send the 40,000 not because of karzai, not because of politics in any way, shape, or form in america. i send them to protect the other 60 in the field. i send them. and i tell the american people, i'm not sure that we can win this because karzai and his bunch are a bunch of corrupt

people. i say that and they have got to clean it up. but, for the short-term, my role as commander and chief is to protect my forces in the field, and this is the best way to do it according to mcchrystal. that's what i do. why would i be wrong, fancy? >> because you don't want to send more troops into a situation until you can answer what is the exit strategy. we don't have a strategy. bill: keep 60,000 at more risk until you can define an exit strategy. i'm not willing to do that. >> none of these troops are going until next january anyway. not going to be an overnight decision. bill: doesn't make any difference. you are still providing security. security play not a political play. bill: nancy, i will get back to you. >> he is asking how do we protect the troops whether it's 68,000 that are there now or another 40 or another 30. we are going to end up with between 90 and 100,000 troops in afghanistan. he is saying how are we getting the politics of this right? what's the exit strategy?

that's a the responsible thing to do. >> he is taking this long to decide and he is going to add additional troops he is foreclosing that option. bill: if the ambassador says don't send them, he may not send them. it's not a slam dunk that he is going to send them. >> if he does send them he has undercut his position. he t. is clear -- >> no. once he decides, no one is going to remember this debate of how long it took. bill: oh yeah, they will. they will remember. >> the russians will remember. the iranians will remember. the north koreans will remember. everybody will remember. bill: look, nancy, i recommend everybody, nancy and everybody read stratfor.com because they're an excellent, excellent foreign policy analysis and security web site. they say flat out that the iranians, the russians, putin, and other people around perceive president obama as being weak. that's how he is perceived overseas. a weak leader. this does not help him. >> he would be weak if we had the wrong streargd in afghanistan. if it fails he will be a strong leader if he gets the strategy

right and follows through and taking the time to do this. bill: it's a long, long time. >> we have been there eight years. bill: i'm not defending what's happened. i think it's a debacle over there i don't know why it took so long to organize the afghan forces themselves. why did that take so long? i never get answers to that question. i'm not blaming obama for anything other than not being perceived as a strong leader. >> wait until you see what the decision is and i think you will find that it would take that time. bill: when that will be, give us a call because we have been waiting for a while. k.t., thank you. >> thank you. bill: plenty more as the factor moves along this evening. laura ingraham made nasty remarks about ms. pelosi. meghan mccain, take a look at conservative women under fire. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico can help people save in even more ways -

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i have been pail pailennized. >> do you think sarah palin has been attacked? >> i think sarah palin has certainly been criticized, absolutely by a lot of people as have many politicians. >> there is a double-standard out there. there is extreme double standard

that conservative women are under afactor whatever it is. bill: all right with us now the culture warriors the aforementioned meghan mccain in for margaret hoover and gretchen carlson, the vision in red. let's deal generically with women in politics. they get a rougher time than men, do you think? >> i think women in general get a rougher time. bill: not only in politics but in all areas of america? >> probably. i think its exsagger baited in politics than in women. bill: in television you get a harder time than me. >> potentially on this front. people would be more apt to criticize my appearance before yours. bill: i'm perfectly flawed. >> look at me i love this that dress or don't like that dress or love that hair. bill: isn't that natural. >> i'm not criticizing it. i'm saying i think that's the first thing that's thought about women. bill: take it to a more serious level than dress. do you think you are under more pressure in the media than say i

would be or another male anchor would be. >> the perception is that overall women are still not as smart as men. bill: really. >> um-huh. take, for example politicians. hillary clinton first lady thought of being too tough. sarah palin comes on to the forefront and because she is prettiy, the label that always comes with that is oh she is probably not that smart. a no-win situation. bill: you have noticed what they say about me and other -- ok. pretty vicious. >> i acknowledge that. bill: megan, and we're happy to have you. >> thanks so much for having me. bill: thank you so much for coming in. take women politicians. too highest profile hillary clinton and sarah palin. no doubt they have both been hammered. is the criticism fair? >> i don't think so. just mattaticly women make 70 cents to every man's dollar. >> you can't mess with statistics. we are actually having a whole generation of young women that will be intimidated to run for office because they see the way hillary clinton and sarah palin are treated.

bill: aren't men battered in the political arena as well? i don't disagree with you here. hillary clinton and sarah palin have been just hammered. now, some people say legitimately so, hillary clinton because of all of her, let's say questionable activities, white water, hun and on. and then sarah palin because she did not do well in a couple of interviews on national television. so, you know, what do you do? is the criticism legitimate or is it not legitimate? >> i don't think it's legitimate. i would always be curious to know if my father had picked a male running mate and his teenage daughter were pregnant how the media would have handled that than they did with sarah palin. bill: we will never know but it's a legitimate point. both of you say it's rougher for women in america of in any kind of an industry than men. >> i think so. we have come a long way. here is the hope. i think the younger generations now maybe are going to be raised with a different perception, possibly. and megan is much younger than i am. so maybe she can talk to that

more than i can. i also want to point out it's not just men's perception of women it's women's perception of women. some of the harshest critics of sarah palin were women. bill: look at "saturday night live," no doubt about it full-time question on the subject. conservative women get it worse than liberal women do they not? >> in my experience as an open and out proud republican, i do think that it's harder. i do. i just know from my experiences anywhere from speaking at colleges to going on television shows, it's a double standard, in my experiences. bill: i think conservative women get -- a lot of it has to do with the abortion issue. your reproductive rights, you are a traitor. >> you are not a feminist if you are pro choice. bill: not sticking up for women if you are pro life. that's where it all starts. let's go to a lesser intense topic. karl's jr. burger outfit on the west coast they do provocative commercials to get people upset.

here is the latest. roll the tape. ♪ >> introducing the authentic chicken parmesan sandwich. new at karl's jr. bill: implications italians are assassins. what do you think. >> i didn't find it offensive but karl's jr. are known for paris hilton on top of a car. bill: you didn't find that offensive. if you were italian. you are not. if you were you would say this is stereotype. what are you doing? >> i wanted know what this group had to say about the sopranos one of the most popular television shows on forever for nine years. did they not have a problem with

that show? bill: organized mafia comprised of italians. carl's jr. had to pull the ad. gretchen: do you? bill: i had the president of carl's jr. on. he says let's make this commercial. we know we have to pull it we will throw it a few times. o'reilly and other pinheads will run it for free. we will sell a few burgers. gretchen: acquiesce from the pressure. i'm back to my p.c. because now we are going going to acquiesce to everything. bill: you would have kept it on. >> until they stop telling blonde bimbo jokes? bill: they still tell them? give me them i would like to hear them. carlson, when that tape was rolling you were laughing at italian stereotypes. >> oh, come on. bill: you were laughing at italian people. >> laugh at the swedes too.

i'm 100% swedes. bill: nothing funny about the swedes. they gave the nobel peace prize. that was a riot to the president obama. so i stand corrected. >> come on. we have to have a little levity. there were no weapons in that ad. i thought it was funny. bill: you thought it was funny. >> i did, too. you can make an irish joke about me. bill: i have to say, as a person who is irish, 100%, i was very offended by that ad. if carl's jr. does it again i'm sending hit men over from cicely. when we come back, laura ingraham versus nancy pelosi. don't get in the middle of that little controversy going on. reality check takes a look at lou dobbs quitting cnn. oh no, lowe. coming up. iñ

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but it's nice. announcer: learn how to lower your cholesterol, naturally, at cholestoff.com. nature made. fuel your greatness. bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. in the week in reviewed from ingraham angle segment tonight, miss laura causing controversy again with this remark about health care and nons pelosi. >> i mean, nancy pelosi basically basic dli everything except sell her own body to get this bill passed. she did everything. she had to like -- everything was on the table. so, she had to swallow this bitter pill of this stupak amendment. otherwise this thing wouldn't have passed. bill: she is talking about the abortion thing. sell her own body, huh? joining us from washington, radio talk show star and fox

news analyst laura ingraham. i'm glad you said that and not me. if i had said that. >> bill, i didn't say she did sell her own body. i don't know what would have happened with the vote if that would have happened. i said she did everything but sell her own body, ok? here is what i need, bill. i need the factor to do an investigation, ok? i need you guys to find out what phrases and what jokes conservatives can and can't use because the last time i checked, the whole panoply of people on the last jon stewart, stephen colbert both who i think are often very funny. they can say all manner of things and we have the speaker of the house who can say something like oh they are a bunch of astroturf protesters, the president of the united states can call the tea party people tea baggers or the tea bag people. president clinton can call them the tea baggers. do you think that's offensive? that's actually a sexually derogatory term. they only learned about during this controversy? that's what i find offensive.

i find this whole thing rather rich. bill: double standard in the media if you attack or make fun of a liberal icon like nancy pelosi. >> yeah, she is so popular. bill: will come after you and this and that. nancy pelosi is a far left individual, all right? >> yeah. bill: there is no doubt. she is going to try to get far left legislation passed. that's what she is going to do. >> sure. bill: so, it wasn't a surprise to me -- it was a surprise when she actually made a concession in the abortion debate. >> well, bill, my point was humor through exaggeration, ok? obviously nancy pelosi was successful at what she ultimately wanted to do, which is what i said on my radio show. i made the point i wish we had republicans. we had denny hastert in there. do you think denny hastert could have gotten a major piece of legislation like this through by basically putting everything on the table? i mean, when she made that abortion compromise, that was a big deal. bill: here is the problem with denny hastert, even if he wanted

to sell his body, nobody would buy it. >> i don't know what would have happened with the bill. bill: you couldn't have the same leverage that you have -- >> somehow i think nancy pelosi. bill: i'm not saying anymore. because if i do there will be people out demonstrating. laura: do you see what's going on here? we have a bill voted on that the overwhelming majority of the congressman have not read. bill: i know what's going on, laura. >> they don't want to talk about that some little dweeb in media matters is watching the factor and "fox & friends" saying she said. this we have got to report her. i feel sorry for the person whos that that job? bill: what's a dweeb? >> a little nebbish. bill: the federal government being sued, that's pretty funny, right. >> they forget this thing called legislative immunity. the idea that you can sue congress for, what exactly in the fact that congress realized that you are essentially a

criminal operation rehabilitationing hookers and pimps. bill: i can tie it into your comment about selling bodies. that's what got them in trouble tonight. >> there is a thrill line to this segment tonight. bill: it's a theme thing. heard our first two segments about hasan and media don't want to mention terrorism. you say what? >> friday morning, 9:05 on radio show. i said i have a news flash for everyone. the first successful act of terror on american soil, a major act of terror took place yesterday. you know, 13, 14 people dead, if you count the unborn child, which i do. say 14 people dead. it's like elephants in the room. nobody wants to say it. 60% of americans in the recent survey say they considered it an act of terror. i think if you call it an act of terror, you have to commit -- admit that this muslim outreach as well-intentioned as it might be on the part of president obama hasn't changed the hearts and minds of people who don't

like our life and want to destroy it. bill: i don't know if one guy can wreck to t. for everybody. maybe obama is changing muslim minds. >> what's the evidence of that? iran? bill: there isn't any evidence of it. >> there isn't any. bill: it's it's certainly possible. he is trying to do it. i think it's worthy to try. >> if we don't admit -- if we don't speak the truth about what's happening in our country, we can't solve this problem. bill: i agree. >> it's not political. bill: not only that, if we don't have an honest media telling the folks what's happening in this country, we are going do decline rapidly in power here. >> that's why they're declining in power. all right. bill: everybody is happy with your performance tonight. reality check up next. >> thank you. bill: power packed line up between larry king and carrie prejean. you need to see this display right after these

bill: back of the book segment tonight, reality check where we can handle the truth. check one, sarah palin wants media blitz promote her new book "going rogue" has officially begun. sarah palin talking with oprah winfrey about her trouble with the press. >> let's talk about the interview with katie couric. >> must we? [ laughter ] >> ok. >> you talk about it in the book, so i assume everything in the book is fair game. >> it is. >> you do say it wasn't your best interview. do you think that was a seminole defining moment for you, that interview? >> did not. neither did the campaign. in fact that is why segment two and three and four and maybe five were scheduled. the campaign said right on, good, you are showing your independence. this is what america needs to see and it was a good interview. i'm thinking if you thought that was a good interview. i don't know what a bad interview was because i knew it wasn't a good interview.

bill: by the way, one week from tonight, sarah palin will make her first appearance on the factor. it will be big. check two in a bizarre interview last night. the overexposed carrie prejean met with a rather befuddled larry king who repeated her about a now settled lawsuit. >> so what you are saying is in mediation it was discussed why you were mediating? >> larry, it's completely confidential. and you are being inappropriate. >> ok. >> ok? >> all right. inappropriate king live continues. >> yes. >> detroit, hello. >> hi. i'm calling from detroit. >> yes. >> i'm a gay man and i love pageants. i'm sure that you, carrie have got, you know, great gay friends that helped you possibly win. what would you give them as advice if they wanted to get married? >> did you hear the question, carrie? >> did she hear the question?

is she leaving because i asked what motivated the settlement? >> excuse me? >> did you hear the question? >> no, i can't hear you. >> you took the mike off. if you put the mike on, we can hear you. >> yeah, i think that you are being extremely inappropriate right now and i'm about to leave your show. bill: well, that went well. ms. prejean objected to the call-in questions. the deal was there wouldn't be any. there you go. check three. in another strange tv moment, cnn's lou dobbs quit last night. >> this will be my last broadcast here on cnn where i have worked for most of the past 30 years. over the past six months it's become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and effecting all of us. and some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond the role here at cnn and to engage in

constructive problem-solving as well as to contribute positively to a better understanding of the great issues of our day. bill: cnn will replace lou's program with one anchored by john king. check four, a new gallup poll good question. if elections were held today which party would you vote for? 48% say republican. 44% democrat. just last july that number was 44% republican. 50% democrat. check 5, the republicans are searching for a strong candidate in 2012. general david petraeus's name has come up. >> you know bob dole and other republicans have suggested, general petraeus, that you would be a pretty outstanding presidential candidate for 2012. is that door open or do you want to close it right now here in the cnn newsroom? >> close it right here right now in the cnn newsroom. i will remind you of the great country song that used to ask what about no don't you understand? bill: for the record i think

general petraeus would make a good candidate. finally check 6, remember back in 2007, when john edwards was running for president and a story broke that he paid 400 bucks for a hair cut. well, the story was leaked by the obama campaign. a new book by obama guy david plouffe says obama's opposition research team put the hair deal out there. now we know. and that is reality check. pinheads and patriots on deck tonight starring country music getting revenge against kanye west. wait until you see this. right back with it. .

bill: time for "pinheads and patriots." kanye west embarrassed taylor swift a few months ago. last night, the country music world got its revenge. >> who can forget this country classic? ♪ mama, don't let your babies grow up to be kanye taking guitars and drive trucks ♪ ♪ bill: they are patriots. a young couple is in the middle of their wedding vows when something happened. >> will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep them coming

in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live? the wings, please. -- the rings, please. >> god. oh, my god. >> are you ok? >> bill that looks kind of staged to me. it is getting big play on the net. there might be pinheads involved. it is november 12 already. billoreilly.com christmas holiday story is booming. -- holiday store is booming. are items will sell out fast. you can get two free tote bags when you buy "bold fresh." it is the greatest deal of all

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